QTL analysis and candidate gene mapping for skin and flesh color in sweet cherry fruit (Prunus avium L.)

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 821-832

  Sooriyapathirana, Suneth S ^a   Khan, Amjad ^a,b   Sebolt, Audrey M ^a   Wang, Dechun ^a   Bushakra, Jill M ^c   Lin Wang, Kui ^c   Allan, Andrew C ^c   Gardiner, Susan E ^c   Chagné, David ^c   Iezzoni, Amy F ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^c THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

a*; Anthocyanin; b* color measurements; L*; Rosaceae

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS AVIUM; ROSACEAE; SWIETENIA;

EID: 78649936766     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-010-0294-x     Document Type: Article

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